Quote Originally Posted by a completely inoffensive name View Post
Yeah, but life isn't going to be back to normal when that 2% fatality ends up taking away a grandparent or great uncle from every family.
Expect people to be mad as fuck at anyone and everyone in government.
First off, in the USA, if there was a sure fire cure, many americans couldn't afford the treatment. As is the case with every other condition.

Americans allow guns, massive wealth inequality, healthcare unaffordable for about 30% of the populace, racism and xenophobia. How many does this kill every year with barely anyone batting an eyelid?

Look at other countries that have experienced proper disasters. People adapt to a new normal pretty quickly.

Quote Originally Posted by ReluctantSamurai View Post
Hope your leaders are more intelligent and informed than ours
One website baldly states the government weigh up the health, social and economic facets. So they are currently accepting a few will die rather than loose economic GDP. So, yeah, Governments around the world so far are viewing the number of deaths acceptable compared to the potential economic downturn.